Number of suppliers who won contracts without asking any questions about what they were bidding for

From: AJ

December 07, 2016

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

I'd like to make an Official Information Act request to answer the following:

1. In the past year, how many successful procurements were made through gets.govt.nz
2. Of those successful procurements, how many were won by a supplier who asked 0 questions through gets.govt.nz (I understand this is where all questions regarding the tender should be raised, if this is not the case, please provide details to the effect that no questions were asked via any legitimate communication channel).

From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

December 09, 2016

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I acknowledge your email of 7 December 2016 requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

1. In the past year, how many successful procurements were made through gets.govt.nz 2. Of those successful procurements, how many were won by a supplier who asked 0 questions through gets.govt.nz (I understand this is where all questions regarding the tender should be raised, if this is not the case, please provide details to the effect that no questions were asked via any legitimate communication channel).

Please note that the days from 26 December 2016 to 15 January 2017 (inclusive) are defined as non- working days in the Act and are not counted in the calculation for the response due date. This will affect the time period for responding to your request.

Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response will be sent to you in due course. If you have any enquiries regarding your request feel free to contact us via email [1][MBIE request email] or using the contact details below.

Yours sincerely,

Alan Witcombe

MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES

Corporate, Governance and Information

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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